recipes

Easter

Easter recipe: How to make German 'Kleckskuchen'

A Kleckskuchen in German translates to something like “blob cake”. A yeasted cake base with four separate topping elements added on top in blobs creates an unusual patchwork effect.

Christmas

Recipe: Three seasonal twists on classic Bavarian Kipferl cookies

Originally created in Vienna, Kipferl is also the specialty cookie of the Bavarian town, Nördlingen.

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Spargelzeit recipe: Easy white and green asparagus tart

Struggling to find new ways to cook your asparagus? We have the perfect recipe that taps into the German 'Spargelzeit'.

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Recipe: White asparagus with speck in orange chervil cream sauce

Even under the current conditions in Germany, you cannot ignore “White Gold” season. Germans mark Spargelzeit by making white asparagus the star of a special meal.

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How to stay sane in asparagus season

It's that time of year again: the asparagus harvest has officially begun in Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein. The green and white stalks will be everywhere for weeks - but how can you introduce some variety to this German traditional specialty?